Goooood Mornin’ Wilmywood! Let’s kick off the blog this morning with a Sleepy Hollow concern from one of the entertainment bloggers out there in the world. HW Hill was a little confused about Sleepy Hollow missing an episode, saying, “I guess it didn’t get a full episode order, or it was just meant to be that short.”

No worries, HWHills! I got your back. My sources over at Fox set the record straight.

“Fox decided to air them differently. The Season One order is 13. It’s always been 13 and they are shooting 13. We just decided to combine episode 12 and 13 into a 2-hour finale. In fact, the finale is gonna be epic. It’s gonna be huge.”

Episode 11 will air January 13th, 2014, 9pm EST and the big finale (Episode 12/13 combo) will air Monday, January 20th beginning at 8pm EST on Fox!

The 19th annual “Critics’ Choice Movie Awards” gala is slated to air on January 16, 2014 on The CW, and the nominees were announced yesterday! Here are the Wilmywood nominees and their competition”:

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIEThe Conjuring
Gravity
Star Trek into Darkness
World War Z

Hollywood powerhouses Rebel Wilson and Melissa McCarthy are rumored to have a pact with each other not to lose weight. The two full-figured actresses want to “hold the line and provide a positive image for overweight girls everywhere.” (Radar)

Susan Sarandon will be on The View today. Wonder if she will bring up Tammy. Maybe!

40th annual People’s Choice Awards — hosted by 2 Broke Girls stars Beth Behrs and Kat Dennings — will air live on CBS on Wednesday, Jan. 8 at 9 p.m. ET. I checked again this morning and yep VOTING is still open for Favorite New TV Drama: VOTE NOW FOR SLEEPY HOLLOW!

REMINDER: Don’t be confused, yes there is a second petition for you to sign. They decided we should have a petition that focused strictly on ending the sunset. I agree, so yes you have one more petition to sign, but as you know it only takes 20 seconds or less to do so! SIGN PETITION NOW!

That just about does it for me; I will have more Wilmywood updates for you tomorrow morning (unless something breaks) and every weekday morning we do “What’s Up in Wilmywood” at 7:30am & 8:30am LIVE on Sunny 104.5. Got Scoop? Email me: sheila_brothers@yahoo.com. Or message me on Wilmywood’s FB . You can also just post your comments below! Until then, that’s a wrap!!

The annual Screen Actors Guild Awards nominees were announced this morning at 8:50 a.m. ET and Homeland took it home for North Carolina.

They were nominated for:

Outstanding stunt ensemble in comedy or drama series

Outstanding Performance Female Actor in a Drama Series: Claire Danes

Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Drama Series

The 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the outstanding performances of calendar year 2013, has been scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014. The 2014 SAG Awards® ceremony will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT

Major rumors are swirling about the NC Film Crew. Apparently, they deserve kudos and candy canes. The locations department of Sleepy Hollow decided to give back this year to complete strangers. They took donations from the hundreds of crew members working on Sleepy Hollow, every department, and together they raised $1000! They headed to Toys R Us and played Secret Santa, secretly paying off 18 layaway plans at the toy store. I called the production office for confirmation. As an added bonus, the store manager informed one of the crew members that Toys R Us is also going to make a matching donation to Toys For Tots! Now if that doesn’t inspire you to pay it forward, dunno what will!

The ratings for last night’s episode of Sleepy Hollow will come out later today – I will give you the full report in a separate blog on how The Golem performed. The Sleepyheads are running two units, both filming on the lot today.

Cutie Pie, Hunter, with Wilm on Film, released the Under the Dome dates. Looks like they will open offices on January and production will begin in March. And for the record, give some kudos to Hunter. He is a lot like me, underpaid, an army of one and collecting a lot of great production news. Ha! You go boy!

Reminder: I know I’ve talked about this a lot, but it has been a while. If you got a really cool or interesting property, and think it would be a great location for film, contact the Wilmington Film Commission at (910) 343-3456 or commish@wilmingtonfilm.com. Properties can be anything from a large lot, warehouse, barn to a farm, restaurant, shop, or simply your house.

Don’t be confused, yes there is a second petition for you to sign. They decided we should have a petition that focused strictly on ending the sunset. I agree, so yes you have one more petition to sign, but as you know it only takes 20 seconds or less to do so! SIGN PETITION NOW!

Encore is doing the “Best of” issue again and I sure would LOVE YOU if you voted for The Wilmywood Daily for “BEST BLOG!” Nominations end December 12th! And hey if you wanna nominate Sheila Brothers for “Best Local Radio Personality,” I won’t mind that either! Ha! But hey, yes indeed, it is not all about me or the blog, make sure you vote for “Favorite Filmmaker” whoever you love here in Wilmywood. We got a lot of incredible local filmmakers in this town! They are all on page 3 under “arts, entertainment and media.”VOTE NOW!

Shop the Wilmywood T-shirt Shop! Deadline for orders to arrive before Christmas is set for December 13. 3 DAYS LEFT!SHOP NOW!

That just about does it for me; I will have more Wilmywood updates for you tomorrow morning (unless something breaks) and every weekday morning we do “What’s Up in Wilmywood” at 7:30am & 8:30am LIVE on Sunny 104.5. Got Scoop? Email me: sheila_brothers@yahoo.com. Or message me on Wilmywood’s FB . You can also just post your comments below! Until then, that’s a wrap!!

Top a the mornin to ya!! Happy Tuesday! Yesterday, I posted Orlando Jones’ epic journey, Episode 1 of The Road to Hollow. His trek continues from California to Wilmington, NC with Episode 2. Check it out!

Sleepy Hollow is out and about today. One unit will be at the 2100 block of Pender Ave.

Encore is doing the Best of Issue again and I sure would LOVE YOU if you voted for The Wilmywood Daily for “BEST BLOG” !! Nominations end December 18th! And hey if you wanna nominate Sheila Brothers for “Best Local Radio Personality,” I won’t mind that either! Ha!

WECT put out this story yesterday. A sober look at what would happen to New Hanover County if the film incentives faded with the sunset: New Hanover County could lose more than $10 million annually in tax revenue if the state’s film incentives aren’t renewed. That’s according to Robert Handfield, an economist at NC State University. This includes $3.7 million in sales tax revenue, $2 million in direct sales tax revenue from film-industry workers, and $200,000 in room occupancy tax.

Handfield added, “The implications of the loss of the industry on local tax revenue will be substantial, and will drive further gaps in state and local tax revenues, increased unemployment, and the loss of an industry in North Carolina that is healthy and growing nationwide.” READ THE ENTIRE STORY

Make sure you are a part of the movement, you are a voter, you have a voice. Help end the “sunset” permanently, keep the film incentives indefinitely! Visit KEEPNCFILM.org NOW and LIKE their Facebook page

A Christmas Tree Miracle is out on DVD today. This 5 Star Dove Foundation rated film stars your Domie, Kevin Sizemore as well as Terry Kiser. CHECK IT OUT NOW! And while you’re at it, give Kevin and the cast some love on the movie’s Facebook page!

Shop the Wilmywood T-shirt Shop! Deadline for orders to arrive before Christmas is set for December 13. SHOP NOW!

That just about does it for me; I will have more Wilmywood updates for you tomorrowy morning (unless something breaks) and every weekday morning we do “What’s Up in Wilmywood” at 7:30am & 8:30am LIVE on Sunny 104.5. Got Scoop? Email me: sheila_brothers@yahoo.com. Or message me on Wilmywood’s FB . You can also just post your comments below! Until then, that’s a wrap!!

“Now THAT is the #SleepyHollow episode I have been waiting for!” ~Den of Geek

Took the words right out of my mouth! What a midnight ride indeed, best episode to date! But let’s see who was watching. The overnight numbers are in. Last week, The Sin Eater gave Sleepy Hollow a 2.5/6 rating with 7.08M viewers. A season low, but we expected that with the VERY LONG baseball hiatus. This week Episode 7, The Midnight Ride took 7 million viewers on a journey maintaining last week’s audience garnering a 2.5 rating. This episode managed to put Sleepy Hollow back to #1 in its time slot with A18-49. Plus, this is an episode that has serious buzz, so I am thinking major DVR and +3 LIVE numbers will be beautiful! We still need to see if SH will adjust up or down later in the day. I will be updating this blog as more details come in.

“The Midnight Ride was great fun, simultaneously batshit crazy and somehow coherent, with the usual mishmash of historical fan fiction, gruesome horror, and witty repartee mixed into a cocktail that should be overpowering and trite, and yet isn’t” ~ Zack Handlen, A.V. Club

State of the Slate: The Future of Film in North Carolina
Thalian Hall at the Cucalorus Film Festival, Thursday, November 14, 2013, 4:00 pm EST

This special panel presented by Entertainment Partners at the 19th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival will highlight the Film and Television production incentives tax structure and production resources that have made North Carolina an evolving filmmakers destination.

Moderated by Joe Chianese, Executive VP of EP Financial Solutions, the panel will explore the current and future state of film and television production in North Carolina, highlighting recent productions including “Under the Dome”, “IRON MAN 3”, “SLEEPY HOLLOW” as well as Emmy Award Winning ‘HOMELAND’.

Panelist Include
Aaron Syrett – DIRECTOR, NC FILM OFFICE
Bill Vassar – EXEC. VP, EUE/SCREENGEMS STUDIOS
Dale Williams – PRODUCER, PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR, and currently the UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER of UNDER THE DOME
Jason Rosin – BUSINESS MANAGER, IATSE LOCAL 491
Susan Ruskin – DEAN, UNCSA SCHOOL OF FILM

For those who cannot attend the event you can watch it online: Register for this Free webinar to be held Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 11:00 am PST / 2:00EST
at: variety411.com/webinar